Global Issues News Headlines for “Human Rights Issues”

What Hungary’s New Pro-Democracy Government Means For Rule of Law

2026-05-13T08:14:22-07:00

SYDNEY, Australia, May 13 (IPS) - Péter Magyar, leader of the pro-democratic centre-right Tisza Party, which recently swept into power on an unstoppable wave of hope for change, has now been sworn into office as Hungary’s new Prime Minister.

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The Global Epidemic of Violence in an Age of Impunity

2026-05-13T05:46:00-07:00

NEW YORK, May 13 (IPS) - Violence has metastasized into humanity’s baseline condition. Yet international institutions remain paralyzed by vetoes and rivalry, offering hollow declarations while dehumanization becomes normalized. Coordinated action, not gestures, is desperately needed.

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The Iran War Is Costing Children’s Lives in Somalia

2026-05-12T06:31:55-07:00

MOGADISHU, Somalia , May 12 (IPS) - When war erupted in the Middle East in late February, the most visible consequences were playing out in the Persian Gulf, with smoke rising from Dubai’s Jebel Ali port and shipping traffic across one of the world’s most critical maritime routes grinding to a near halt.

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Food Systems and Policies Undermining Food Security

2026-05-12T06:10:21-07:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 12 (IPS) - Transnational agribusinesses increasingly shape food policies worldwide. Claiming to best address recent food security concerns, they seek to profit more from innovations in food production, processing, and distribution.

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Children shot, stabbed and pepper-sprayed in occupied West Bank

2026-05-12T05:00:00-07:00

Israeli military operations and surging settler attacks in the occupied West Bank are killing and maiming a growing number of Palestinian children, while in Gaza tens of thousands with life-changing injuries lack access to treatment and rehabilitation, UN agencies warned on Tuesday.

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Has the United States Congress Discovered Sexual Harassment?

2026-05-11T16:35:16-07:00

PORTLAND, USA, May 11 (IPS) - After more than two centuries of independence, it appears that the United States Congress, or at least certain parts of it, has finally discovered the existence of sexual harassment within the institution.

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World News in Brief: Human rights in Mongolia, surge in sexual violence in Haiti, worsening hunger in Afghanistan

2026-05-11T05:00:00-07:00

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday praised Mongolia’s recent human rights progress during a visit to the country, which recently adopted the region’s first law protecting human rights defenders.

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Armed drones leading cause of civilian death in Sudan war: UN rights chief

2026-05-11T05:00:00-07:00

Drones caused more than 80 per cent of civilian deaths in Sudan’s war during the first four months of 2026, killing at least 880 people, the UN human rights chief said on Monday, warning that escalating drone warfare could push the conflict into an even deadlier phase.

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First Person: Surviving death row in Thailand

2026-05-10T05:00:00-07:00

A Thai woman who spent more than 20 years in prison after being found guilty of drugs trafficking – including eight on death row – has told the UN how learning to sew helped her find meaning in life behind bars, and a job when she was released.

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Hungary’s Long Road Back

2026-05-08T18:46:22-07:00

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 8 (IPS) - When Péter Magyar took the stage in Budapest on the night of 12 April, he told the crowd they had ‘liberated Hungary’. The hyperbole seemed justified. His party, Tisza, had won a parliamentary supermajority on the highest turnout since Hungary’s first free election in 1990, ending 16 years of increasingly autocratic rule.

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